Ravuri Raju v. 1. The State of Telangana

Petition under Article 226 ot the Constitution of lndia praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased to issue of a Writ, Order or Direction, more particularly one in the nature of wRlr oF N/ANDAMUS, declaring the Proceedings in Memo No.1376/SCD.Vig/2021, dated 02.09.2025 issued by the 1't Respondent herein despite of the order dated 06.12.2024 passed by this Hon'ble Court in W.p.No. 34358 of 2024 and furnishing of lndemnity Bond submitted by the Writ petitioner in respect of the payment of the B0% of the Eligible Retirement Gratuity and Encashment of Earned Leaves for a period of 300 days and criminal charges not framed bv the competent criminal courl titltoday / disciptinary proceedings not yet I I t elapsed conducted before tr,u .ol and contrar, ,"u''nt 300_4 orrhe the Resporruron""ution o f ctimina] io A p n.rir"o #rl neaily 6 years and at ly 6 years and al as void, ;#iffff;s Rules "'r'::::*j::i'"" ano pendins n s titutio na l 'ro,,t"'on ,Tdi'ffffi**ffffi;#t# eligibility by following the order da Bench or this Hon,bre courr,, ;:::_:1 ":r::;, j;JT :*: ffi* 2024 and when sarne reliefs have been extended to similarry situated persons *' same department vide G o Rr No l6s, scD ,ffiffi: :I"J,;ffr::o "i:::? lA NO; 1 OF 2025 Petition under {iection 151 cPc praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High court may be preased to direct the Respondents to release the Bo% of Retirement Gratuity and Encashment of Earner, Leaves for 300 days as per Rure s2 (c)of r s Revised Pension Rures as per crause 3 (B) (c) and (D) of G .o. Rt. No. 1*g7,dated 22'06'2000 and my erigibir*y by forowing the orderdated 17.02.2025 passed by the Hon'bre Division Bench of this Hon,bre court in w.p.No. 3g800 of 2012 and w'P'No' 15640 of 202't and when same reliefs have been extended to simirarry situated persons who were worked in one and very same department vide G.O.Rt.No.165, SCD (Vig) Dept., dated 16.0s.2025. Counsel for the petitioner: SRI R. PRABHAKAR Counselfor the Respondents No.1 to 3, 5 & 6: Gp FOR SERVICES - llt counsel for the Respondent No.4: sRr K. BALA KRTSHNA, S.C. FOR ACCOUNTANT GENERAL The Court made the following: ORDER IN THE IIIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE PULLA I(ARTHIK Dated 16th DECEMBER, 2025 Between : Ravuri Raju. ... Petitioner AITD The State of Telang€Lna, R"p. by its principll Secretary, S. C. Devetopmeni o.r*iiril,, Governmeni or r;r;;;", iio*abad and 5 others. D rf, Respondents with the consent of both the parties, this writ petition is taken up for disposai at the admission stage itself. 2. This Writ petition is filed, under Article 226 of Constitution of India, seeking the following relief, ,,...to tssue o yf{flWi:#;:##H{{#;:W:; \ \ 2 ., Indemnit! rti;f,f,:tw***rY;:i:Xxt:rr,,y::X Wsi*#i:,U,iyiptii.;,trri::zt;ru"":r,;ri; order dated. u o n b t e c iu* :; i': ;ffi ,:;, #l:;jW iii;i,# and when same reriefs naul" oi", ;;;;";"1[ simttarty situated persons *ho -*grt worked ii oy. a.d uery "ii. department uide G.o.Rt.N..16s, scD f*ri *ii., dated to.isbo6iLnd" p.o"r..., 3' Heard Sri R.prabhakar, learned counsel for the petitioner; lea-rned Government pleader for services-Ill for respondent Nos- 1 to 3,5 and 6;-and Sri K.Bala Krishna, rearned standing counser for Accountant General, for respondent No.4. 4' Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that in similar circumstances, this court in w.p. Nos.30443 of 2016, 13353 of 2018, 42419 of 2orr, uide ord,ers dated t4.o2.2orr, os.or.2o23 and r8.o8.2o23 respectively, had directed the respondents to release 8oo/o of the Retirement Gratuity to the petitioners therei' in accordance with G.o.Rt.No. logr dated 22.06.2000. Therefore, learned counsel seeks similar relief in this writ petition also. 3 5' Learned Government pleader as well as rearned standing counsel appearing for the respondents submitted that the respondents will consider the said request of the petitioner in accordance with G.O.Rt.No. iOgT,dated 22.06.2000.

6. In view of the submissions made by the rearned counsel for the respective parties and having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to pay retirement gratuity to the petitioner as per Rule s2 (c) of the T.s. Revised pension Rules and G.o.Rt.No-ro97, dated 22.06.2000 subject to petitioner furnishing indemnity bond to the respondents within a period of four (oa) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shalr stand closed. There shall be no order as to costs. To //TRUE COPYII SD/.B. REKHA RANI SECTION OFFICER

1. 2' 3' State of Telangana, I*.^T'ncfpat Secretary S.g, Deveropment Deoa uovernment of Telangdna, HvOeraOaE. - - evn,q +:Err*ITiilt%"r:d s'c. Devetopment Department, Government or ,SlS#,[f ", De pa rrm ent, Go ve rn m e n t or Ili" "i,",f":?n,o#fi?ii' ^f;*, l,f 4' The Accountant Gene rar forthe State of rerangana, saifabad, Hyderabad. 5' The District rreasury officer, Khammam, Khammam District. 6' The sub-Treasury officer, IVadhira, Khammam District. k=, I

7. One CC to SRI R. PRABHAKAR, Advocate [OPUC] 8. Two CCs to GP for Services-lll, High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad. [OUT]

9. One CC to SRI K. BALA KRISHNA, S.C. for Accountant General [OPUC]

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